Welcome to the 2nd episode of TechieTubbies, in this episode we discuss our new timeslots, our weekends and a possible co-co-host on our next show
Windows 7 UI
Dock-style taskbar, Dock-style menus, Widgets appear below your windows (not above), Libraries
Windows Azure
Windows Server in the cloud, hosted by Microsoft, pay by usage. .NET Visual Studio. Eventually Python, PHP and Ruby (running on .NET).
Rackspace, Slicehost and JungleDisk
Rackspace into the cloud – hence the acquisitions – Mosso (which is crap)
Qwitter
http://useqwitter.com/
TMobile G1
It’s Ugly. App Store, no press.
Sainsburys to offer DRM-free music
£99 per year, use a USB key to validate the download, then copy it to your devices.
Events
- PHPNW
22nd November, Manchester
http://phpnw.org.uk/
- Barcamp Sheffield
28-30th November, The Showroom, Sheffield
http://barcampsheffield.net/
- Barcamp Liverpool
6-7th December, Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1107224/
- BBC Backstage Christmas Bash
13th December, Manchester
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1225186/
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Disclaimer: I AM NOT bad-mouthing Engine Yard. My point was that EY spend a *lot* of time supporting badly written Rails applications. I very much doubt that Microsoft wants to get in to supporting badly written .Net apps.
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